In this workshop we will look at how Injunctive Messages (IMs) interfere with the natural growth (physis) of the human being. The IMs have power only because they are “believed falsehoods.” We will discuss how to accurately diagnose each of the twenty-five IMs and their destructive effects. This is vital because a person cannot change what he or she does not know about. Then we will look at the “Hidden Truths” that can release their hold on our natural development and how to practice new behaviors to create new habits while also replacing parental voices that were complicit with the IMs with a new parental voice that is protective, loving, smart and compassionate. We will look at how these IMs arrest development in five vital areas: Survival, Attachment, Identity, Competence and Security. The goal is to supply each individual with the knowledge and tools needed in order to choose life rather than repeated destructive habits.
John McNeel
TSTA-P, PhD, Psychologist
John R. McNeel, M.Div., Ph.D. became a regular member of ITAA in 1971, a clinical member in 1972 and a teaching member in 1974. He has served twice on the Board of Trustees and is a previous editor of the TAJ. He trained at the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy and joined its clinical staff. He remained an active member until Bob Goulding’s death in 1992. He completed the first research on Redecision Therapy in 1975 with his dissertation: Redecisions in psychotherapy: A study of the effects of an intensive weekend group workshop. He is the author of numerous articles on Redecision Therapy. He is a practicing licensed psychologist in San Jose, CA and lives with his wife of more than fifty years, Penny.